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Sun Announces Linux Deal With Chinese Government

Posted by simoniker on from the one-million-users dept.

Infonaut writes "Scott McNealy announced today at Comdex that Sun Microsystems has made a deal with China for a million desktop Linux deployments under the new $50/seat licensing plan for Sun's desktop software, which includes its Star Office 7.0 productivity program. Whether this will translate into renewed profits for Sun remains to be seen, but according to McNealy, it represents 'the No. 1 Linux desktop play on the planet'."

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  1. Re:Linux or Java? by 1lus10n · · Score: 5, Informative

    The java enterprise desktop is based on SuSe linux. It basically is SuSe with some value add-ons and support.

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